Jacques Vigoureux-Duplessis (1680-1732) Vulcan presenting arms to Cupid Tapestry mounted in a frame. Signed and dated lower right; this signature was brought back and incorporated into the tapestry fragment. 96 x 77 cm Manufacture Royale de Beauvais, dated 1724, and representing Vulcan presenting to Cupid the arms he has forged for Aeneas In the reassembly of this fragment is included an identical piece of weaving bearing the inscription: J V Duplessis Invenit 1724, which would come from this tapestry. Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis, painter of the King, previously collaborator of Bering, is artistic director of the manufacture of Beauvais from 1721 to 1726. His principal work is the hanging: the island of Cithère or Temple of Venus, in 6 paintings, today disappeared and this fragment could come from this hanging. Bibliography: Jean and Chantal Coural: Beauvais: Manufacture nationale de tapisserie, 1992. pp 35 and 38.